Sydney braces for 40C at lunchtime before southerly buster brings severe storms
Sydney braces for 40C at lunchtime before southerly buster brings severe storms
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Heatwave to bake NSW capital before cool change brings risk of severe thunderstorms, hail and strong winds. The heatwave conditions that swept across Australia during the long weekend are forecast to shift states as a cool change brings the risk of severe thunderstorms, including large hail and damaging winds.
The Bureau of Meteorology said NSW would bear the brunt of the same pool of very hot air that sent temperatures in parts of South Australia and across Victoria into the 40s on Monday,. Most of the state including Sydney and some of its western suburbs can expect temperatures in the high 30s or low 40s on Tuesday before the cool change shifts up the NSW coast, senior meteorologist Angus Hines said.
“It will become what we call a bit of a southerly buster and shoot up that coast with a bit of ferocity, bringing some very strong winds and a very sharp temperature drop - and for Sydney, that’s forecast to be around 4pm,” he said. “The temperature could plummet about 15 degrees ... and the wind will also pick up and become very strong.”.
The change could also spark potentially severe thunderstorms, mostly around the eastern ranges and out towards the east coast. “If that happens, those severe storms could bring damaging wind gusts, large hail or heavy rainfall that could lead to flash flooding,” Hines said.
